Causes
Stress and gut issues: what happens in your body
What does stress do to your gut? Read how stress affects your digestion and can contribute to gut issues such as diarrhoea, bloating and gas.
Read more →Every article is grounded in published research and written to help you understand what's happening in your body, so you can ask better questions and make more informed decisions about your health.
What does stress do to your gut? Read how stress affects your digestion and can contribute to gut issues such as diarrhoea, bloating and gas.
Read more →Gut trouble after a course of antibiotics? Discover why antibiotics disrupt your gut flora, why symptoms sometimes last for months and what you can do about it.
Read more →Diagnosed with IBS? Discover why irritable bowel syndrome is not an explanation for your symptoms, but a sign that more is going on in your body.
Read more →Your symptoms disappear for a while and then come back, every single time. The cause is almost always something other than too much stomach acid. Read the four most common ones.
Read more →The burning feeling is gone within a few days. But stomach acid has two jobs your body cannot do without, and suppressing it is where far bigger problems start for a lot of people.
Read more →The best known stomach bacterium in the world sits under the mucus layer in many carriers, often since childhood, and it does not always mean too much acid. Read why your test can come back false negative.
Read more →Yoghurt, kefir, sourdough and ginger beer all come from living cultures. When fermented food supports your gut flora, and when a sensitive gut is better off without it.
Read more →Does the low-FODMAP diet really work? Learn what it is, which foods are high in FODMAPs, the downsides, and why it eases symptoms but does not fix the cause.
Read more →The most common gut parasite behind ongoing gut symptoms, and the one standard testing often misses. The symptoms to look for, and how a stool test picks it up.
Read more →Your gut and your brain are connected all day long. How a disrupted gut can feed low mood, anxiety and a foggy head, and what helps.
Read more →A fatty liver and gallbladder problems often have the same cause: a liver that is overburdened. Why your liver gets fatty, and what you can do about it.
Read more →Refined sugar disrupts your blood sugar, your gut bacteria and your immune system. How it feeds SIBO and gut symptoms, and what to do about it.
Read more →Reacting to dairy more and more often? A lactose intolerance does not always have to be permanent. The symptoms, the cause, and what you can do.
Read more →A European study that followed 25,000 people found that oleic acid in olive oil may reduce the risk of UC by 90%. The numbers are hard to ignore.
Read more →This morning your trousers still fit. By the afternoon you have to undo the button, while all you had was a sandwich and a bowl of soup. Here is what is really happening.
Read more →Hard stools, days without going, or leaning on laxatives. Sometimes you get told it is a 'lazy bowel'. But what does that actually mean?
Read more →What is your gut microbiome, what does it do for you, and what happens when it falls out of balance? An in-depth look at the hidden factor behind recurring gut symptoms.
Read more →Told that Crohn's is chronic and incurable, and that food makes no difference? What's really behind the inflammation, the role of your gut microbiome, and why recovery is possible.
Read more →The information on this website is educational and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always consult your doctor or gastroenterologist before making changes to your treatment. First Aid for Your Gut does not provide medical diagnoses or treatment plans.